Ocean's 15: meet the species that have vanished forever from our seas

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceJan 15, 2015, 5:32 pm87 pts
In the last 500 years, the oceans have suffered far fewer extinctions than on land—at least that we know of. According to a recent study in Science, 15 animals are known to have vanished forever from the oceans while terrestrial ecosystems have seen 514 extinctions. The researchers, however, warn that the…

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